P 031431Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2548
INFO GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000560 
 
 
FOR NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 6/03/2019 
TAGS:            
SUBJECT: UAE: AHLC POINTS DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 55527 
 
Classified by Ambassador Richard Olson, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
 1.  (SBU) Summary:  In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister, Dr. 
Tariq Al Haidan June 3, Ambassador delivered subject points.  Other 
topics discussed were President Obama's impending speech from Cairo 
and the upcoming GCC-Plus meeting to be held in Amman.  Dr. Al Haidan 
expressed optimism that the President's speech would signify a 
changing relationship between the United States and the Arab world. 
End summary. 
 
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AD HOC LIASON COMMITTEE (AHLC) 
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 2.  (C) June 3, Ambassador Olson delivered the points on the June 8 
AHLC meeting in Oslo (reftel). 
Al Haidan said that it was an area of concern for the UAEG and to 
underscore that point, Minister of State Reem Al Hashimi would attend 
the Oslo meeting.  Al Haidan said that Hamas is "a problem but 
Netanyahu is a bigger obstacle to progress". 
 
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POTUS SPEECH FROM CAIRO 
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 3.  (SBU) Dr. Al Haidan awaits with optimistic anticipation President 
Obama's impending speech from Cairo.  He expressed his pleasure that 
POTUS was coming to the region and said "people expect to see a new 
policy towards the Middle East".  He admitted that people were really 
pleased with Obama so far and that the regional attitude towards the 
United States "is much better than it was in the past". 
 
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GCC-PLUS 
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 4.  (C) Al Haidan expressed interest in SE Mitchell's upcoming 
meeting of the GCC-Plus in Amman.  However, he did not commit to a 
UAEG presence at the meeting. 
 
OLSON